A poem about the year that was.

A poem about the year that was.

This is a book you could comfortably give to your non-Christian friends and neighbours without appearing preachy. But it also presents a challenge for us as educated western Christians to develop a more robust and authentic faith that embraces the chaos, mess and uncertainty of our world.

Seen through the eyes of Joseph, here is a Christmas story of visions and dreams, of love and destiny.

By social distancing, we are to join together in the art of separating. There is pain and loss in living this tension, but also much to learn as we anticipate a new way of being in a post-Covid world.

Through engaging with Jesus and his Beatitudes we can experience his solidarity of relationship with us, offering his blessings as we acknowledge our current poverty of spirit, and guiding us through our mourning and self-emptying.

The winds are shifting, and the climate conversation is once again back on the agenda. At the same time, Covid and the unfolding climate crisis have taken poverty to another level, both nationally and globally. In response, Tearfund has launched a new campaign to raise a united Christian voice to our political leaders.

The parable of the father and his two broken sons in Luke 15 reminds us of the possibility of renewed, healed and reconstituted relationships and the promise that one’s judgement about one’s self is not the last word spoken over one’s life.

Happiness, thought and altruism. A poem about hope in pain, ignorance and self-absorption.

Ron Sider’s edited collection of 25 essays from 30 Evangelical Christian contributors offers insight into Trump’s public character and apparent values and explores the reasons for Christian support for Trump. But it explores the intersection of American politics and religion generally, highlighting the growing polarisation in that country.